Dalai Lama Quotes
Certain beliefs must accompany every action: One should act without selfishness, cultivate compassion for all living things, and develop respect for others.
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I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe.
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In the electronic game world, I know I have a reputation for doing the cyberpunk thing, and for doing the serious epic fantasy thing, but if you go back to when I was a kid, I've been a Disney fan all my life.
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In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections.
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The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level.
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I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?
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Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
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I'd started acting as a child. But I wanted to see if it was something my true personality was interested in. I stepped away from offers when I took five years off to go to college. I've only really just decided to whole-heartedly embrace acting.
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During my theatre days, I was more comfortable doing comedy. It's such an irony. I have always played a buffoon on stage, and yet I don't have any comic role to my credit.
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I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.
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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
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But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.
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The writer is all alone.
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I do love my wine. I'd opt to drink my calories rather than eat them every time, so I cut out the breads, potatoes, pastas, cheeses and desserts in an effort to get my healthy angel and unhealthy demon to compromise.
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I have always been interested in design, but in the beginning I didn't set out to make jewelry specifically.
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I'm not in demand. I'm all washed up.
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I don't recognize my former self. Like I'm on the outside looking in at my life. Who is that guy?
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You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under threat, on the edge of your seat and pushing yourself. Win one and you want to win more. It's never-ending.
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Over the years, Western governments have been criticized for working with foreign police who have proved abusive or corrupt.
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Western-style multi-party democracy is possible but not suitable for Africa.
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Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.
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With Bound, we wanted to pull at conventions, because you begin to wonder, Why do these stereotypes exist? Where do they come from? You use that as the subtext.
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Relieving the risk of a nuclear conflict with Iran diplomatically is superior than trying to do that militarily.
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Certain beliefs must accompany every action: One should act without selfishness, cultivate compassion for all living things, and develop respect for others.
